Bayan Shekaru Dari, Dorothy Parker Ta Sami Fataucin da Ba Ta Nema Ba
RecoMyst ta fitar da 'If Dottie Sang' — album ɗin jazz na wasan kwaikwayo mai waƙoƙi 19, sake fasalin baitocin Parker, wanda ya isa a ranar cika shekaru 100 na farkon shahararriyar littafin baitunta na 1926, 'Enough Rope'.
A cikin 1926, Dorothy Parker ta buga Enough Rope ta kuma zama mace mafi yawan magana a Amurka. Cikakke daidai shekaru ɗari daga baya, ɗan ƙirƙira, mawaki da mai piano na Kanada RecoMyst ya yi abin da baitocin Parker suka taɓa yi da kansu: ya mayar da su waƙoƙi.
If Dottie Sang, wanda ya riga ya fito yanzu, wata album ce ta ra'ayi mai waƙoƙi 19 wanda ke tunanin wata kundin waƙa daban daga farkon ƙarni na ashirin—inda baitocin Parker na yanke kai sun bar shafin littafi suka koma kan dandalin cabaret. Tsarin ya fi sauƙi: baitocin da farko tuni sun ƙunshi daidaitaccen lokaci irin na mai faɗin murya da kuma ƙarewar magana mai kaifi na waƙar vaudeville. Wani mutum ya kamata kawai ya rubuta kiɗan.
Wancan mutum shi ne RecoMyst, wanda ya rubuta duk kiɗan album ɗin, yana haɗa baitocin filin jama'a na Parker ba tare da ɗaukar hankali ba—wani lokaci yana haɗa layuka daga ayyuka da dama tare da sabbin baitoci. Album ɗin ya nuna shekaru na aikin gwaji tare da masu ihu da masu shirya waƙa daban-daban. Tafiyar sautuka tana bin salo irin na dare-daren Parker: farawa a cikin cabaret mai salo mai taushi sannan ta ƙare a wani wuri mai ƙara ƙarfi. Tsarin jazz na gargajiya, wasan kwaikwayo, da cabaret suna cin karo da tsattsausan electro-swing da sake shirye-shiryen rawa, ciki har da sigar ƙungiyar ’if you knew what I'm like’ da ’when in Rome’ waɗanda ke ɗaukar barkwanci na 1926 kai tsaye zuwa ɗakin rawa na 2026.
Shin 16 daga cikin waƙoƙin album ɗin an saki su a matsayin singles a cikin shekara da ta gabata, suna gina masu sauraro masu sadaukarwa ɗan dama a lokaci. Waƙoƙi guda uku sun fito ne na musamman a cikakken album: "Shiny Gun," "Some Mediocre Guy," da "Paen."
"Parker ta rubuta game da soyayya kamar yadda mafi yawan mutane ke rubuta wasiƙun korafi — a daidai, kuma ba tare da fatan samun martani ba," in ji RecoMyst. "Waɗannan baitocin sun kasance suna jira ɗari shekara na waƙoƙinsu. Ban so su sake jinkirta ba."
Game da Album
If Dottie Sang wata album ta tsare-tsaren ɗaukar nau'in wasan kwaikwayo ce wacce ke sauya baitocin Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) zuwa waƙoƙi na asali. Duk kiɗan RecoMyst ne ya rubuta, yana amfani da baitocin da aka cirewa ikon mallaka daga Parker a matsayin tushen kalmomi. Album ɗin na alama ne ta cika shekara 100 na Enough Rope, tarin farko na 1926 na Parker da ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin littattafan baitoci mafi sayar da yawa a zamaninsa.
RIYL (Ana ba da shawara idan ka/ki so): Postmodern Jukebox, Laufey, Naomi & Her Handsome Devils, Wolfgang Lohr, Caravan Palace, Kurt Weill.
Yada & Samuwa: A kan duk manyan dandamali na yaduwar kida yanzu.
Gidan Yanar Gizon Album na Doka: https://ifdottiesang.com
Game da RecoMyst
RecoMyst mai samarwa kai tsaye, mai shirya waƙa, kuma pianist a Ottawa, Kanada, mai aiki a haɗuwar baitocin adabi da waƙar jama'a. If Dottie Sang yana ci gaba da binciken RecoMyst kan abin da Great American Songbook zai iya ji daidai idan marubucin da ya fi kaifi da rashin tausayi ya rubuta kai tsaye don mataki.
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